Computing-scale cut-off.



J. J. DUPFIB.

COMPUTING SCALE GUT-OFF.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5, 1909.

Patented Apr. 1, 1913.

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APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 5, 1909.

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JLOHN J. DUFFIE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

COMPUTING-SCALE CUT-OFF.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1, 1913.

Application led June 5, 1909. Serial N o. 500,424.

To all whom t may concern s' l Be it known that I, JOHN J. DUrFlE, a citizen of the United States, residing atSan Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented a new and useful Computing-Scale Cut-Off,

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of which the following is a specification in such full and clear terms as will enable those skilled in the art to construct and use the same. l

This invention relates to a cut oli for scales, the object of which is to provide a device which will automatically cut olf the flow of material into the weighing receptacle when the precise quantity desired has passed into the same.

Heret-ofore ithasbeen common to place a receptacle, as a paper bag, on a scale pan or platform and lill the bag slowly by pouring the material into the same, the attendant at the same time watches the scale hand or -moving chart to see that he does notl place too large aquantity of material in the receptacle but since the hand or chart moves slowly at times' and then rapidly, or vice versa, it almost always happens that' too large an amount of material is placed in the receptacle. Theexoess must then be removed, and the attendant then repeats the filling of the receptacle more slowly than -is not necessary to remove any of the material from the receptacle.' It will be apparent that the error may be reduced to as small an amount as may be desired for any given material, but since the specific gravities of Various materials are di'erent, slight differences may result where a considerable number of materials are handled, but this possible difference is sought to be made as small as possible by an adjustment of the feeding hopper with respect to the scale receptacle, whereby the amount of material falling and not actually in process of being weighed is accurately accounted for and is reduced to the minimum.

A further object of the invention is to produce a device of this character which isapplicabl'e to a computing scale of either the stationary chart type or to the movable drum type of scale.

In the drawings, in which the same numeral of reference is applied to the same portion throughout the several views, Figure l is a perspective View of a computing scale of the`ixed chart type having the invention applied thereto, Fig. 2 is a sectional view at the top of the chart case showing the manner of moving the cut off hand, Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the scale hand and the cut olf hand showing the electrical contact points, Fig. 4 is a side elevation partly in section of the feeding hopper and a portion of the standard supporting it, Fig. 5 is a plan View of the cut off slide, the positions of the hopper, the magnets and the supporting post also being indicated, Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a Vdrum type scale having the cut off applied thereto, Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the chart used with the drum machine, Fig. 8 is a view, partly in section of the portion of the end of the drum and case therefor, and showing the cut ofi' chart as secured to thedrumcase, Fig. 9 is a diagram of the electrical wiring for both forms of scales, and Fig. 10 is side elevation of a cut off for use with liquids.

The numeral l represents the base of 'the scale which is of the usual form, and in `this instance is high enough to cover an electric battery 2 The scale is provided `with the common form of weighing apparatus 3 which operates an arm 4 1n a case 6 said arm passing in front of a 'chart 7 said chart having a number of figures thereon which are for the purpose of giving the price of any quantity of material at a wide range of prices per pound. The arm 4 is provided with a fine wire 8 for the purpose of determining the precise point at which the scale pan is loaded with a given amount of material. This arm may also be provided with a series of characters for the purpose of carrying the price per pound along with it in order that the attendant need not be liable to make a mistake in carrying said price per pound from one side of the chart tothe other.

The scale just described is of a common form, and is no part of this present invention.

The scale arm 4 is supported in any suitable manner between a pair of plates 9l and 10 and also secured to said plates 10 7 is an insulating block 11 to pull thelg'ate out. The ate is he d in the f the right as with-the arm 4.

jectl of having the two arms faceveach other` .which supports a movabley hand 12 upon which are located a series of figures giving the price per pound similarto the hand or arm'4 except that it is arranged sothat its hair line 13 is on the left instead of on The obis to provide for the visibility at all times of all the figures ofthe chart' over which the hand 12 is to move. This hand 12 moves about -the same center as the arm 4 and has a handle which passes out of the case and into reach of the attendant as shown in Fig..f2. The arm 4 andthe hand 12 are each provided with very light spring contact points 14 said springs being so larranged that they will touch each other, but will not materially a large ba which would bring the top oi"v the mass o material within a short distance of the bottomI of the funnel spout, while should a small quantity of materialbe desired the funnel would be so high that it might be that the entire desired amount would bein the air from the funnel to the\ scale pan. This objectionii's overcome by havingthe funnel adjustable, since with a small amount of material the hopper would be placed quite close to thepscale pan orl platform.

The hopper is secured in any position on the'post 16 by means of a set screw 17 or other suitable adjustable means and it is also provided with a spring contact point 18 whichV is always in contact with bar 19 three sides of which areinsulated in a groove in the post 16. The hopper is provided with a vsliding gate 20 which is held in the closed position by means of a yspring 21 a knob' 22 being rovided open position by'means o a` latch 23 on afpivoted arm 24, said arm being pressed flowriwardly by means of a light spring 25 the end of the` arm 24 in order that the magnets 27 may pulll the Apivoted arm and its latch away from the sliding gate when they have been. energized.,V A stop 28 is provided for the'arm 24 to rest Aon when its latch has` dropped down into one ofthe holes in the slidlng gate, and in order that the gate may` be opened' a smallv amount, Ior the full amount, as may be de- An armature 26 is provided at sired the gate has several holes therein. The object of having this ate adjustable is to provide for the weig ing of heavy and light materials, as for example, should the hopper be full of rice it would run out very quickly and would be liable to overweigh should the gate be opened to its full `extent, but with a light material, as rolled oats, the gate should be open to its full extent since the quantity of material in the air would be so small in weight as to be negligible.

The wiring diagram is shown in Fig. 9, and comprises the battery 2 the wires 29 and 30 leading therefrom, the spring contact 3l bearmg on the boss of the insulated hand 12, the scale arm 4 the base 1 of the scale, the post 16 the wires 32 and 33 leading to the magnets 27 and the insulated strip 19 which is 85 connected with the. wire 30 In operation the hand 12 is'set at any desired. point, as determined by an inspectionl of the chart and the hair line on the hand, the hopper gate is then pulled back any desired amount andrthe material is poured -into the hopper. The scale hand 4 will at once begin to travel across the chart, and as soon as its contact point reaches the contact point on the arm, or hand 12 the magnets will beener 'Zed and the slide will snap closed cutting o' the supply of material from the scale pan or platform. Should the same material be again desired yit will only be necessary to P ace another receptacle on the scale p an and open the slide, but if another material is to be weighed, the hopper is first emptied .andthen is ready for weighing any other desiredmaterial. .l

The second form of the invention 1s 1ntended for use with computing scales of the drum type, as illustrated in Fig. 6. It is to be noted that in the form of invention first described that the scale chart is itself available for use with the computinghand of the scale and the cut off hand,l since the entire chart is in full view of the attendant, but with the drum type ofmachine all the computed quantities are on the inslde of the drum and can be seen only at one place through an opening in the casing surrounding the drum, all of this being well known in the art. It, therefore,becomes necessary to provide an additional chart for use with loro the cut off hand in order that the attendant may be able to see all the quantities he may desire to set the cutoff hand opposite. The numeral 40 represents the base oa machine of the drum type, 41 repre- 125 ,drumA 43 in the case 44, 'Springs 45 lo Louvain returning the :draw taf 'tu its initial fposition when the lo-ad has been removed from the scale pan or' platform. The ,drum is by meansA of a bar''48 lWhich acts in conjunction with a small pinion 49 on the shaft of the .drum 43, said bar being secured to the drawbar 4-2.` The shaft 46 is provided with a hand 50 atits outer end, said hand havingA a balancing weight 51 moved by means of a screw 52 and at'theopposite end it has a contact point 53 the -same as the Contact points on the cutoff and scale hands in the other form of the invention.' On the end of the casing l44 there is secured a lchart 54 which has 4the same number of divisions radially as the face of the drum, that is if the'drum is intended to Weigh twentyfour pounds, note Fi'gnS,l the chart, note Fig. 7, is alsol divi'de'df into "twenty-four parts. The chart isv'then numbered atits outer edge withthe poi1nds,.a'nd the interior of thechart is divided' into substantially the same 4number of concentric circles as the number of price per pound divisions onbersthere yis va ,series of figures "which are' the computed'amounts of the particular number-"of pou-nds VAonv thel margin 'of the chart multiplied by theprice per pound as given 1n any one annulus. 'For example, on 'the outer ledgeJ of the chartnear'the top will be 'found the number -5 While just under it will be found the mark; 1.50, said Vmark ,beingf in the annlus at the price 30 cents pery pound.` As many additional radial lines may be provided yas may beA required to.y

mark the pennies or the smallest coin used. It isalsoto be noted that since the figures cover considerable 'area it is necessary to determine'l the precise point at which the Weight at the given price equal' the desired amount radial line through the given gure, as for example, on sthe; chart illustrated only the full radial lines have been shown, `but it will be seen that on the lower part of the chart that' the radial lines pass-through the number 3.60 at-'the center ofl the 6, kWhile at thefnumb'er40 the' line passes through the' three'gures.. The reason for the changein 'position l'oftheflgures with'respect to the' positionof the'f radial lines Ais in'order that the attendantmaybe'able toproperly read all `the figureson the, chart@ wit-hout changlng hisifposltion. '.It-fwillralsozbe noted that er Apound will y *means of 'a' the figuresv on one lside of the chart Ahave been shaded While those on the other side have not. The object of this is to call attention to the numbers on the cutofll indicator hand which correspond in color or shading with said figures and are to be read in connection therewith as will be later eX- plained. The chart is rigidly secured'to the endy of the cylinder case 44 the position being fixed to correspond with the posi'- `tionof the drum 43 whenno load is in 53, Said hand has a boss curroundin'g.

the insulating bushing on which presses a spring contact 59 said contact being secured on the inside of'the chart 254, and

being connected-With a Wire 60 leading.

from the battery. The outer end of the shaft 55 is securedto a dish 61 said diskhaving a depending ear 62 The indicator cutoff hand 63 issupported near the end of the shaft 55 which projects through the chart, said hand being equipped with a common form of imagnifying glass 63, and having a pressure foot 64 on the endof a rod 65 said rod being secured to the knob 66 and being held in contact with the outer Vedge of the chart by means of the'spring 67 The object of this foot is tohold the arm in any desired radial` position. The inner end of the 'hand `or arm is provided with a strap i 68 to which is secured the disk 69, said disk\ having a dependinglug 70. Passed through the lug 70 and the ear 62 is a screw..71 the object of said screw being Ato provide'tmeansffor the adjustment of the contact hand with respect to the indicator hand, since it may be-possible that with use the place of contact of the drum hand and the rcontact point of the indicator hand' might 4be changed when it would b e necessary to provide some means to'ad]ustnthe' place of contact.

enter, and on each side thereof Ais provided with oppositely placed sets of figures, the

. object being to carry aro-und the price per pound and to make possible the easy read-5' ing Vof said price when the hand has moved 'i dark figures of the chartt-andhand being read together. The cutofhopper u sed with this form of the invention. islpreciscly` the same as the-cutoff used with the otheriorml of the invention, andthe wiring diagram is thesa-meso that itisnot necessary to repeat' The indicator 63 isk `providedwithl a hair line at its longitudinal over 'the' top of the chart, the light figures .the description thereof The operation of Y pan the contact points will come together and the magnets will be energized and the slide will be closed as before.

It is to be noted.that in each form of the invention that t-he scale may be used at will evenzwithout using the automatic cutoff for the reason that the only connectign between the cutoff indicator hands and the Weighing apparatusy is the very light Contact point spring on the cutoff indicator hand, and saidhspring is so constructed as to' permit the movement past it in either direction of the drum hand, or the scale hand in the first form of the invention.

It'will be clear that the cuto apparatus described above, may be used for any character of solids, but, where a liquid is to be weighed, it is necessary to use a slightly different form of cutoff valve. Such a valve is illustrated in Fig. 10. In this gure, the

. into the closed position by means of a spring 78 The handle is held in the open posi-v tion by means of a latch ,79, said latch being pivoted on the wall of the receptacle 7 5 Thislatch carries an armature 80 which is drawnupwardly by means of the- `magnets 27 said magnets being the same as those used in the other construction and supported by means of an arm 81 which issecured to the receptacle 75. The electrical connections in this case are precisely the same Las for the other constructions, and the manner of operation is vthe same. y

Havin thus described my inventionwhat I claim as new and desire to secur'e by VLet-v ters Patent of the United States is as follows, modifications within `the scope'of the appended claims being reservedz* 1. In a scale, the combinatlon of'a weigh ing apparatus, a feedinghopper therefor, a

gate for said hopper, means .to yhold said gate :normally` closed, a latchI adapted to'` hold said gate open, an electro-magnet adapted to open said latchwhen energized, a xed chart having a series of 1Weight and price computations thereon, a hand adapted to be manually 4moved in front of said chart and carryin a series of price 4per Vpound figures, anot er hand operated by the weighling apparatus,l electrical circuits connected with the magnets and electrical connections with the twohands whereby the :magnet will means to hol y ratus, a feedin koff forsaid device, a latch to hold said "ltrelease the vgate latch when energized; substantially as set forth. 2. In a scale, the combination of a Weighing apparatus, a feeder therefor, afpost to support said feeder, means to secure said feeder in anumber of different levels on said post, an insulated electrical conductor car.- ried by said ost, a gate for said feeder, d' said gate normally closed, means to'hold the gate open when necessary, a chart having a series of weight andprice computations thereon, a hand manually movable in front of said chart. and having price per pound figures thereon, anotherhand operated by the weighing apparatus, electro-magnets adapted to release the gateholding means, and electrical connections between the hands, the conductor `on said post and the electro-magnets whereby the latter will be energized andk the gate released when the contacts touch, as set forth.

3. In a scale cutoff, the combination of a weighing ap aratus, .a feederA therefor, a

gate for sai feeder, a sprin to close the gate, a movable hand for in icating a series of quantities, a chart having a series of quantities indicated on its face and in front of vwhich the movable hand is placed, a scale chart correlated -with the welghing mechanism for indicating the weight of material lon the weighing apparatus, a latch to hold said gate open, electro-magnets to release said latch,` and an electrical circuit adapted to be closed by said scale chart and movable hand for lenergizing the lelectro-magnets to release the v gate latch to permit the latter to close, as set forth.

4. In a scale cut-ofi", a weighing yapparatus, a feeding device, a cut-olf gate for "sa-id feedin device, a s rin to close said cut-od gate, a movable c art for indicating the weight of material, a fixed chart having a series of figures thereon, a hand adapted to move over the said fixed chart, and means operated by the movable chart and said hand for closing the feed gate when the desired amount of material has been' placed yon the weighing'apparatus, substantially as described. y

I 5.' In a scalecut-oif, a weighing appadevice, an automatic cut- .and adapted to hold said hand in a number of positions, an electrical circuit connected with .said magnet, and 'means operated by the weighing apparatus to close thecircuit when the desiredweight of material has been placed on the weighing apparatus.

6. In a scale cutlof, a weighing apparatus, a feeding device, an automatic cutof said chart, and having a series of price per pound figures thereon, pa friction stop carried by said hand and bearing on the edge of said chart to hold the hand in any desired nected wlth said magnet and a contact point position, an electrical circuit conoperated by the weighing apparatus to close the electrical circuitand release the cut-off 15 to enable the same to close when the contact point and hand substantially coincide in position, substantially as descrlbed.

In testimony whereof I have set my hand this 26th day of May A. D. 1909,|in the 20 presence of the two subscribedwitnesses.

JOHN J. DUFFIE. 

